diff --git a/orca-clouddriver/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/clouddriver/utils/MonikerHelper.java b/orca-clouddriver/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/clouddriver/utils/MonikerHelper.java
index a259c8d41a..e93274e8b4 100644
--- a/orca-clouddriver/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/clouddriver/utils/MonikerHelper.java
+++ b/orca-clouddriver/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/clouddriver/utils/MonikerHelper.java
@@ -18,10 +18,7 @@
 
 import com.netflix.frigga.Names;
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.moniker.Moniker;
-import com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.clouddriver.pipeline.servergroup.support.TargetServerGroup;
-import com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.clouddriver.pipeline.servergroup.support.TargetServerGroupResolver;
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.pipeline.model.Stage;
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
 
@@ -57,11 +54,7 @@ public String getClusterNameFromStage(Stage stage, String fallbackFriggaName) {
 
   static public Moniker monikerFromStage(Stage stage) {
     if (stage.getContext().containsKey("moniker")) {
-      Moniker moniker = stage.mapTo("/moniker", Moniker.class);
-      if (moniker.getCluster().endsWith("-")) {
-        moniker.setCluster(StringUtils.stripEnd(moniker.getCluster(), "-"));
-      }
-      return moniker;
+      return (Moniker) stage.mapTo("/moniker", Moniker.class);
     } else {
       return null;
     }
diff --git a/orca-clouddriver/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/kato/pipeline/support/StageData.groovy b/orca-clouddriver/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/kato/pipeline/support/StageData.groovy
index 0820ad9d65..ce51bb8510 100644
--- a/orca-clouddriver/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/kato/pipeline/support/StageData.groovy
+++ b/orca-clouddriver/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/kato/pipeline/support/StageData.groovy
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.kato.pipeline.support
 
 import com.netflix.frigga.autoscaling.AutoScalingGroupNameBuilder
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.moniker.Moniker
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils
 
 class StageData {
   String strategy
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ class StageData {
 
   String getCluster() {
     if (moniker?.cluster) {
-      return StringUtils.stripEnd(moniker.cluster, "-")
+      return moniker.cluster
     } else {
       def builder = new AutoScalingGroupNameBuilder()
       builder.appName = application